February 22, 2013

My FUSE-a-rrific Adventure

Of course I just HAD to ask the ladies when the FUSE was going to arrive in their store.

WELL, the most wonderful thing happened!!! They had a FUSE and BOXES of design sets with LOTS of different sizes, designs and expansion packs!!!

AND, even better, Leith opened up their FUSE and I got to have a try operating it with her

... all I can say is WOW WOW WOW!!!

Now I really have to let you know that I am just a Guest Blogger here. Lyn and the Fiskars Team generously allow me to share my Fisk-a-projects and product spotting with you because they know I LOVE my Fiskars tools, especially the ones with Ease of Use Accreditation by the Arthritis Foundation. I suffer with Rheumatoid Arthritis and my Fiskars tools really do make crafting a pleasure, without the pain.

So now I can honestly say, with you all knowing that my opinion is not biased in any way, that the FUSE is SO EASY to use, it is quite compact when folded up, you need hardly any effort to turn the handle AND you get FIVE different options of use - Die-cutting the shape, Letterpressing the design (embossed and stamped), Pressing the design (ie embossed) - sorry, no example photos for these 1st three but I can show you what Die-cutting + Letterpressing looks like

and what Die-cutting and Pressing looks like (sorry for the poor photo, best I can do inside tonight)

Pretty wonderful for my first ever attempt isn't it?

It is going to be so hard to sit back and wait until they hit the shelves. ... not sure how much they are going to cost yet either, but I think I am going to work on encouraging early cash birthday gifts this year so that I can go shopping!!!

I hope you enjoyed sharing my first FUSE experience.

Sending a big THANK YOU to Leith at Kaisercraft for her patience and time during my visit today, I really enjoyed my impromptu tutorial & make 'n take :)

Fiskars and Kaisercraft will be at the Paper Craft Expo at Exhibition Buildings, Carlton Gardens next weekend, demonstrating Fuse if you want to come for more of a play! Thanks for the post. Philippa (Craft M
anager, Fiskars Australia)